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Details the distribution, definition, and impact of food-borne viruses, illuminating this major health concern.
Summarizes the latest knowledge on these viral strains, their detection and control, and associated challenges, and points toward important new directions for future research. Explores the effect of commonly detected food-borne viruses and new viruses, such as SARS virus, coronavirus, Nipah virus, and avian influenza virus, on food practices. Essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in any aspect of food-borne viral illness.Reviews 1
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The increasing incidence of food-borne viral illnesses, such as mad cow disease and avian flu, has raised a significant concern for public health. The problem has become particularly acute for a couple reasons. First, the global export of food has tripled over the last two decades. Second, regulations for monitoring viral outbreaks are based on regulations for bacterial outbreaks. However, bacteria behave differently and are easier to detect than viruses. Consequently, editor Koopmans (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment) and colleagues attempt to summarize current knowledge on the subject. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the history of food virology from the first detected outbreak of poliomyelitis in milk in 1914. It differentiates between bacteria and viruses, describes various physiological characteristics of viruses, and reviews methods for detection, propagation, inactivation, and prevention. Subsequent chapters expand upon these topics. The book also includes an informative chapter discussing obstacles to estimating disease burden within populations, such as lack of patient cooperation, ineffective laboratory protocols, and poor coordination of data by public health agencies. The final two chapters concentrate on risk analysis. Though the reader would profit from some background in virology, these readings are surprisingly accessible to the layperson. Summing Up: Recommended. Informed general readers; upper-division undergraduates through professionals. D. M. Gilbert Maine Maritime Academy
